Thank you, Ottawa Public Library/Bibliothèque publique d'Ottawa, for sticking up for Atef Abu Saif’s memoir DON’T LOOK LEFT! #BanBookBans
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“A library is not a museum of acceptable ideas. It is a civic promise…you do not have to be rich to learn, you do not have to be powerful to explore, you do not have to belong to the right kind of family to encounter the entirety of human knowledge.”
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Thank you everyone who stops and TALKS ABOUT BANNED BOOKS!
We get high-fives and parents asking for recs and youth saying "Wait my FAVORITE BOOK is banned?!" and talking to their friends about it.
Community is how we keep going.
#readbanned #bannedbooks #banbookbans #righttoread
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With Azra Taslimi and Stephanie Wise trecking across Eastern Wyoming. Heading to Gillette for our mediation on behalf of Terri Lesley, our hero client, who was fired from her job as library director because she refused to ban books. #banbookbans, #lovelibrarians, #ala
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Fuck this book ban; read all these books #abpoli #cdnpoli #banbookbans #cbc #viciouscompliance
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Danielle Smith’s condescending remarks are obnoxious. How’d she get elected #Alberta? #cdnpoli #abpoli #banbookbans
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@colorado.gov and other governors should go the way of Illinois and ban book bans. It’s the only way to stop these idiots from this crusade of stupidity.
#banbookbans #bookbans #colorado #fascistadmin #america #florida
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Some good news for a change. #BanBookBans
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#supportlibraries #banbookbans
GOP Goes OFF THE RAILS With SHOCKING New Ban
Video from @katiephang.bsky.social youtu.be/kyGA3G9raJI?...
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THEY CALLED US ENEMY is a powerful story about a dark chapter in our nation's history. It should be required reading for every middle school child (and most adults, too, frankly) - if history was taught instead of banned, we wouldn't be where we are right now. #BanBookBans #EducateIgnorance
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Books don't hurt people! #Banbookbans
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The state of play today for small town libraries
#supportlibraries #banbookbans
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WIP Displays for Book Fest. Stickers have their OWN SHELF how FANCY!
"Super Banned" new featured section. NOW bigots can have their heart attacks all in one spot. Saves the mess ~
#bookshop #bookfestival #gay #queer #shelfie #banbookbans
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YEP!
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Tennessee, watch out. Your freedom to read is being stripped away from you. #authorsagainstbookbans #banbookbans
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Tennessee joining a list of states committed to making its residents as stupid and un-well-read as possible.
#BanBookBans #1A
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YES! #banbookbans
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Great interview with Pride Puppy author @robinstevenson.bsky.social on the lies told about the book in an effort to get it banned www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_7x... #banbookbans #picturebooks
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NOW Livestream: Gov JB Pritzker @jbpritzker.bsky.social joins Illinois Sec of State Alexi Giannoulias & other state officials dedicating a new reading room @ IL State Library in honor of IL 38th Governor Jim Edgar www.illinois.gov/about/live-v... // Note: Edgar is a #NeverTrump frmr GOP #BanBookBans
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White lettering over blue background that says "I signed the open letter sent to HarperCollins leadership urging them to support libraries. Read the letter>>>"
White lettering over blue background saying "I signed the open letter to HarperCollins" surrounds a white box with the beginning of the letter: To Whom It May Concern at HarperCollins: On April 3, 2025 Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group, Macmillan Publishers, Simon & Schuster, and Sourcebooks sent a letter to Congress in support of the Institute of Library and Museum Services (IMLS) following Executive Order 14238, signed on March 14, which calls for the dismantling of IMLS. HarperCollins is notably missing from this list of publishers. We want to know why and what HaperCollins will do to defend IMLS and all libraries moving forward. We call upon HarperCollins to stand unequivocally with their publishing counterparts in support of libraries and the necessary funding that they require. Not signing this letter sends a silent and contrary message about the importance of libraries and their role in our society. As a leader in the publishing industry, it is imperative that you reconsider your lack of support and vocally oppose Executive Order 14238. Not signing this letter is an insult to your employees, your authors, librarians who champion the books you publish, and your many readers who depend on libraries for access.
White lettering over blue background saying "I signed the open letter to HarperCollins" surrounds a white box with the beginning of the letter: On March 1, 2011, in a letter to librarians over concerns about e-books, HarperCollins articulates: "HarperCollins is committed to libraries and recognizes that they are a crucial part of our local communities. We count on librarians reading our books and spreading the word about our authors' good works." We hope that this belief and commitment remains true, especially as something far more dire than the advent of e-books threatens one of our most precious social resources. After the London Book Fair in 2023, Jim Milliot of Publishers Weekly interviewed HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray. When asked about the "still-growing problem of book banning," Murray had this to say: "We need to ensure that our books are widely available ... and in as many library systems as possible so that readers can access all our books in some format in every zip code or postcode. Each publisher should strongly support their authors whose books are banned by speaking up and promoting those books in general markets and bookstores." We call on Murray to stand by his own professed principles, ensuring that books reach readers across the United States through our library systems. We implore HarperCollins to stand with the other Big Five publishers and Sourcebooks in this fight to support IMLS and the necessary funding that so many libraries depend upon to serve their communities. Sincerely,
I am one of the 1,350 individuals and organizations who signed the open letter to HarperCollins in support of IMLS, libraries, and library workers across the United States.
#libraries #librarians #library #books #amreading #banbookbans
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Rejecting science doesn't change reality, it just makes you less knowledgeable. And that's what this principal did for their students. #banbookbans
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